Costco Is Selling a New Snack and Fans Are Loving It

If you're a self-proclaimed big-time snacker, then a Costco membership can be both a blessing and a curse. On the positive side, buying snacks at Costco could mean racking up a lower credit card tab in the process compared to doing your snack shopping at a big-box store or a regular supermarket. On the less positive side, if you tend to have trouble with portion control, buying a bag containing 27 servings of potato chips probably isn't the best way to go.

But either way, you have to hand it to Costco -- its selection of snacks is quite impressive. And recently, Costco added a new item to its lineup that fans are already raving about.

How does a bag of Reese's Dipped Animal Crackers sound to you?

If you're a hard core salty snack lover who doesn't tend to dabble in chocolate, then this latest Costco offering may not appeal to you. But if you're someone with a major sweet tooth, then you may want to head over to your local Costco store and see if Reese's Dipped Animal Crackers have hit the shelves.

Eat This, Not That! reports that Reese's Dipped Animal Crackers are the latest snack to make an appearance at Costco, and they've gotten their share of positive reviews so far. If you're not sure what these entail, imagine your basic animal cracker covered in peanut butter and then smothered in milk chocolate.

Initial customer reviews say that this new product is "extremely addictive" and "amazing." So that's pretty encouraging to hear.

You have options outside of Costco

Some Costco food product offerings are exclusive to the warehouse club giant itself. That doesn't happen to be the case with Reese's Dipped Animal Crackers, though. You can find them at other major retail chains like Target and Walmart.

But if you want to save money in the course of trying out Reese's Dipped Animal Crackers, then it pays to head over to Costco if you already have a membership. Chances are, you'll be able to snag these at a lower price point on a per-ounce basis.

Of course, you'll also generally be limited to buying a bulk-size bag. And again, that's a good thing or a bad thing, depending on how you want to look at it.

But if you want to reduce your chances of consuming a bulk pack of Reese's Dipped Animal Crackers in one sitting, when you bring your bag home, flip it over to see how many individual portions it's supposed to contain. From there, divide your goodies up into individual snack bags and bust them out one at a time.

Unlike Costco bakery items, which generally have a limited shelf life and have to be consumed quickly or otherwise stored in the freezer, these Reese's Dipped Animal Crackers should have more staying power. That said, fans report that they're delicious frozen, so you may want to stick them in your freezer regardless. That way, they'll really last as long as you want them to.